Κεκραγμόν

scream

Translated by Catharine Roth20 Oct 2008Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 44 words

Attic-speakers [call] a shout [a scream, kekragmo/s].¹
"By immediately hanging a pig from the tower [the Romans] escaped the danger from the elephant. For when the pig had been suspended, it emitted a certain ill-omened cry, at which the elephant reared up in distress."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κεκραγμόν· τὴν βοὴν Ἀττικοί. χοῖρον αὐτίκα ἐκ τοῦ πύργου ἐπικρεμάσαντες τὸν κίνδυνον τὸν ἐκ τοῦ ἐλέφαντος διέφυγον. κεκραγμὸν γάρ τινα σκαιὸν ὁ χοῖρος ἠρτημένος ἠφίει· ᾧπερ ὁ ἐλέφας ἀχθόμενος ἀνεχαίτιζεν.

Betacode

*kekragmo/n: th\n boh\n *)attikoi/. xoi=ron au)ti/ka e)k tou= pu/rgou e)pikrema/santes to\n ki/ndunon to\n e)k tou= e)le/fantos die/fugon. kekragmo\n ga/r tina skaio\n o( xoi=ros h)rthme/nos h)fi/ei: w(=|per o( e)le/fas a)xqo/menos a)nexai/tizen.

Notes (2)

The headword noun is in the accusative case, presumably extracted from the quotation given.
1Similarly in Photius, Lexicon kappa536 Theodoridis (but without 'Attic-speakers': for that cf. Moeris). ↩
2Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 8.14.37 (though he uses the form kraugmo/s; cf. web address 1). Aelian, De natura animalium 1.38, reports that the Romans used a similar defense in their war with Pyrrhus (reference supplied by Nick Nicholas). Procopius notes that the dangling pig tactic was used successfully by the Romans in their defense of Edessa (cf. epsilon 207) in 544 CE (cf. Kaldellis (494-495) and epsilon 52), but that they did not need to resort to the stratagem again during the 551 defense of Archaiopolis (in Lazike/Kolchis (cf. kappa 1979), present-day western Georgia; Barrington Atlas map 87 grid H2), when one of the Persian war elephants panicked, scattering the attackers. ↩

References

A. Kaldellis, ed. and H.B. Dewing, trans., Prokopios: The Wars of Justinian, (Indianapolis 2014)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

κ1264ΚεκράξομαιI will cry aloudNot in reference to a voice, but in reference to zeal and to fervent and earnest prayer. David [says]: "to you, Lord, I will cry aloud.'

Neighbouring entries

κ1257Κεκωδωνισμένοςsounded-out κ1258Κεκωφῆσθαιto be deafened κ1259Κεκραγμόνscream κ1260Κέκραθιscream!, shriek!κ1261Κεκράκτηςbawler

Revision history5 revisions · last 5 Mar 2024

5 Mar 2024expanded n.2; added bibliography, cross-references, and link — Ronald Allen
30 Apr 2016coding — David Whitehead
14 Feb 2013tweaking — David Whitehead
3 Nov 2008expanded note — Catharine Roth
20 Oct 2008augmented and modified notes; more keywords — David Whitehead
20 Oct 2008Translated — Catharine Roth

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